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846742

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of UK trade deals with poorer countries on the economies of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	903871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is proudly committed to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on Overseas Development Assistance, the first G7 country to honour its promise to do so.</p><p>The Cross-Border Trade Bill will allow the UK to put in place a trade preference scheme as we leave the EU. In the future, the Government will also explore options to expand our relationships with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2018 13:10:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

846743

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate his Department has made of the number of new institutions required to replicate the terms of existing trade agreements with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	903872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to seeking continuity to minimise disruption to businesses, consumers and our trading partners and we will ensure that the institutional provisions of existing agreements are met as the UK begins to operate an independent trade policy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2018 13:18:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

846870

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the EU on conditions under which the UK can begin negotiating trade agreements with countries with whom the EU has trade agreements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	129044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>As an EU Member State, discussions we have about trade with our partner countries are limited by our obligations under the Common Commercial Policy and our duty of sincere co-operation. Discussions have been focussed on securing continuity, not on a renegotiation of terms. The European Commission is aware of these discussions and has not raised any objections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 17:58:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

847067

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Fair Trade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is fully committed to ethical procurement, but does not hold information at the level of detail required to answer the question.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2018 17:44:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 44547 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847105

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has not outsourced any core internal functions since it was formally established in 2016 but we did inherit some outsourced contracts from UK Trade and Investment and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p>These included some contracts related to Trade promotion work in the UK, and overseas, and corporate services such as HR, IT and Finance functions.</p><p>A portion of these contracts have been re-negotiated or re-let since the Department was formed.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2018 14:54:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847125

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each year since his Department's formation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) was established in July 2016. The percentage of workers who are trade union members is not held by DIT.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/03/2018 13:28:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847151

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were directly employed on zero-hours contracts by his Department in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance do not currently have any full-time, part-time or temporary staff on zero hours contracts, nor have they directly employed any staff on such contracts since the Department was established.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/03/2018 17:31:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847191

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what percentage of employees in his Department worked (a) in departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) at any other location in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of employees of the Department for International Trade (DIT), including UK Export Finance, and on payroll, as at 31 January 2018. The total also includes those people working for DIT, based overseas, and paid via the FCO payroll.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of employees</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>Departmental accommodation</p></td><td><p>1724</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>Home workers (UKEF)</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c)</p></td><td><p>Other location</p></td><td><p>1434</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Departmental accommodation is defined as locations occupied and assigned to DIT within the UK. Other location is defined as accommodation that DIT uses principally for overseas staff, which include Embassies and other consular accommodation.</p><p>The department operates a range of flexible working arrangements available to employees including home working. Those who have a formal home worker contract are shown above.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2018 14:47:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

846095

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which non-EU countries that have a trade agreement with the EU have provided his Department with a commitment to maintain those arrangements without any changes that would require negotiations between that party and the UK during the transition period after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	128799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>As a priority, we are currently working with both the EU and partner countries to ensure continuity of the effects of EU trade agreements with non-EU countries during the Implementation Period.</p><p>Alongside these discussions, we have engaged with over 70 countries to ensure continuity of trading arrangements beyond the Implementation Period and all partner countries have agreed to work with us to ensure continuity. This is a technical exercise to replicate the effects of current trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 12:32:57 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 43242 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

846221

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	128902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The below table sets out the number of hours of overtime claimed by staff on the Department for International Trade's payroll working in the United Kingdom over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Hours claimed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month claimed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekend/ Bank Holiday</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ordinary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>595</p></td><td><p>597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>542</p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>688</p></td><td><p>688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>1004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>816</p></td><td><p>829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>901</p></td><td><p>916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8324</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8398</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/03/2018 17:34:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West